Harris will continue football career at Howard Payne

Beware college ball carriers, JR Harris is on the way. Rockdale’s rough-and-tumble All-State linebacker will play football for Howard Payne this fall, according to good friend and Milano star Kyle King, who will also play at Howard Payne.

Release of football bible signals start of season

There are stars known by a single name that resonate in the football landscape of Texas — Earl, Johnny, RG3, Vince, Kliff. Dave Campbell’s Texas Football believes that there’s another to be added to the list: Jimbo.

Memories of Tiger Field come pouring out

As construction workers scurry around the rubble that used to be Tiger Field, memories wash over me as I consider all the time I have spent there as athlete, fan and writer. My memories of Tiger Field are not all pleasant.

Out with the old, in with the new

Out with the old, in with the new. Spurred by the Tigers state football championship in December, Tiger stadium is going through a $5 million dollar renovation which will include a brand new football field, track and updates to the field house locker room.

Rolling Sevens

The Rockdale 7-on-7 team competed in the Cuero qualifying tournament Saturday and although they went 2-1, did not advance out of pool play.

Clark to host agility camp on July 14

Le’Raven Clark will be hosting a free agility camp Saturday, July 14. The former Rockdale star and current Indianapolis Colt lineman will hold the 2nd annual camp at the junior high field beginning at 8 a.m. and lasting until 2 p.m. To register, got to totalcamps.com/fundamentals/camps/2018mak camp.

Swimming holes have changed a little bit

Trying to escape the stifling heat, I recently took the grandson Reese to Murphy Park in Taylor which features a state of the art wading pool and spacious competition pool. Very nice.

McQuitter joins trailblazers in Hall

LIZ LEDGER Liz Galloway-McQuitter has always been a trailblazer in whatever she was involved in. Now all her efforts will be validated on a larger level.

Dawgs Gone

BASEBALL PLAYOFFS 2018 BRENHAM—For the second straight weekend, Thorndale found itself in the unenviable position of having to win two games on Saturday to keep its season alive. While the Bulldogs successfully climbed that mountain last week, this time, it was too steep to conquer.

Schaefer, TLU just short of DIII title

APPLETON, Wis.— Texas Lutheran’s inspired run to the NCAA Division III Baseball Championship finals ended Tuesday with a pair of losses to the new national champion, the University of Texas at Tyler.